Hood — removal and installation

Removing

1 Open the hood.

2. Golf cars. Remove jets 6 from the hood (see illustration).



3. Golf cars. Disconnect the washing fluid supply hose, as well as the jet heater wire from the hood, release them from the holder on the hinge 3 (see illustration 48.2) and pull it out of the hood cavity.

Attention! If the old hood is to be reinstalled, then tie a twine to the ends of the washer hose. When removing the hose from the cavity of the hood, the twine will remain there and with its help the hose can subsequently be pulled back into place without much difficulty.

4. Mark the mounting position of hinges 3 on the hood (see illustration 48.2).

5. Loosen the two nuts 1 fastening the hinges on both sides of the hood (see illustration). Do not completely loosen the nuts.

6. Ask an assistant to hold the hood and disconnect the upper support of the gas-filled stop 4 of the hood from it (see illustration 48.2).

7. Unscrew nuts 1, release the hood, acting together with an assistant, from the hinges and lay it away from the place of work.

Installation

8. Establish a cowl, acting together with the assistant, in hinges.


If the old hood is installed, then align it, guided by the designations made before removal. Tighten the nuts 1 of the hinges by hand (see illustration 48.2).


9. Attach the gas strut top support to the hood.

10. Close the hood and make sure that the gaps between the hood and adjacent body parts are within specifications.

11. Tighten the hinge nuts to 22 Nm.

12. Golf cars. Pull the washer hose and jet heater power wire into the cavity of the hood, using the twine remaining in the cavity. If a new hood is installed, then also lay the hoses and wires in the cavity.

13. Golf cars. Reinstall the washer jets.